Burial vault



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APPLICATION FILED-JUNE 7. 1921.

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CLARENCE HOWARD, OF HUTCHINSON, KANSAS.

BURIAL VAULT.

Application led June 7, 1921.

To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that l, CLARENCE HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Hutchinson, in the county of Reno and State of Kansas,have invented a new and useful Burial Vault, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to burial vaults and has as its principal 4objectthe provision'of a reinforced cement or other composition.

'vault for enclosing caskets.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a concret-e or othercomposition vault which is waterproof and will preserve lthe casket andits contents and which cannot be readily opened for the purpose oftampcring with the contents thereof.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a vault of thischaracter which embodies a novel reinforcing frame or skeleton and whichis such as to facilitate the coating of the same with a plasticcomposition to complete the finished vault.

`With the preceding and other objects and advantages in mind, theinvention consists in the novel combination of elements, constructionand arrangement of parts and operations to be hereinafter more fullydescribed, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1- is a top plan vieu7 of the vault having parts broken away;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken on line 3*8 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is a detail perspective of the reinforcing frame.

Referring in detail to the drawings wherein similar characters ofreference designate similar parts throughout the several views, thenumeral 5 designates a rectangular reinforcing frame or skeleton andincludes pairs of upper and lower side rails or angle irons 6 and endrails or angle irons 7. The side and end rails are connected at theirjuncture by vertical angle irons 8 and secured to these angle irons 8and the side and end rails 6 and 7 are reinforcing plates 9 Alsoconnecting the side rails 6 are vertical braces 10 and angularlydisposed braces 11.

Surrounding the frame or skeleton 5 is a sheet of relatively heavyreticulated .material 12 such as galvanized iron fabric. The

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frame 5 is embedded in a relatively heavy body of concrete or otherplastic material 13, the latter, at its Aupper edge, extending above theframe 5 and beveled inwardly, as indicated at 14. n

For cooperation with the frame 5 there is provided a cover l5 whichincludes arec` tangular frame 16 towhich is secured a sheet ofreinforcing or reticulated material 17. Like the reticulated material10, this reticulated material 17 is embedded in a relatively heavy blockof cement or' other plastic composition 18. Embedded in the bottom wallof the body 13 and the cover 15 is a plurality of reinforcing bars orelements 18 and 2O respectively.

As shown in Figures 2 and 4, the rectangular frame 16 of the cover 15sets in the upper angle irons 6 and 7 andis sealed therein by a plasticbond 19 between the beveled edges of the body 13 and the edges of thecover 15.

Embedded in the cover 15 is a plurality of longitudinally extendingreinforcing rods 20 while a reinforcing rod 21 extends transverselythrough the cover at the center thereof. In order to lift the cover 15,handles 22 are provided which include lengths of rod 23 having theirEends extended later ally in opposite directions and bent around thelongitudinal rods 20, as indicated at 24.

llt is to be understood that the form of my invention herein shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, what 'l claim as new and desire tosecure and protect by Letters Patent of the States, is: i

A vault comprising a rectangular frame including upper and lower pairsof angle irons, braces connecting the angle irons,` a

United reticulated sheet vsurrounding the: frame, a

